Akash Srivastava, PhD in

Akash Srivastava, PhD

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Associate Director - Governance, Risk & Control (GRC) - Worldwide Medical at Biogen
📍 Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Akash is a global Medical Affairs and Patient Program leader at Biogen with over 12 years of experience in neuroscience and rare diseases. He specializes in building modern medical operations, GxP compliance, and digital quality systems. Akash holds a Ph. D. from Brown University, focusing on governance, vendor oversight, and risk management.

Outside of his core responsibilities, Akash is interested in leadership development, having recently completed a course on leading with emotional intelligence. His foundational scientific passion lies in cell and developmental biology, with doctoral research focused on cell-based therapies for Type-1 Diabetes, showcasing a long-standing commitment to therapeutic innovation.

Unique fact: Akash co-authored a publication on using CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing to develop a low-gluten, non-transgenic wheat variety.

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Experience
19 Years
Current Role
Associate Director - Governance, Risk & Control (GRC) - Worldwide Medical
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Personality Overview

How Akash shows up

Thorough Evaluator
ROI Driven
Fast But Analytical

They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Priorities

Topics Akash cares about

Patient Access Programs
He leads governance for Patient Support Programs at Biogen and was a featured speaker at the 4th Operationalize Expanded Access Programs Summit.
Medical Affairs Governance
His role as Associate Director of Governance, Risk & Control at Biogen focuses on strengthening enterprise Medical Affairs excellence and governance visibility.
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Career

Work history

6-2021
Associate Director - Governance, Risk & Control (GRC) - Worldwide Medical
Biogen
7-2017 - 6-2021
Quality Assurance Manager
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
1-2017 - 6-2017
Quality Assurance Lead (Consultant)
Pfizer
9-2014 - 12-2016
Validation Analyst - ERP Business Technology Risk Management & Compliance (Consultant)
Pfizer
9-2011 - 10-2014
Graduate Student Researcher
Marine Biological Laboratory, Eugene Bell Center for Regenerative Biology and Tissue Engineering.
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Brown University
Graduate Student Researcher (Ph.D. Candidate)
McGill University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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